What is your favorite TV show?

Logan Hubert

Journalistic Writing

The media has impacted our lives since the invention of radio and silent films very early in the 1900’s. Yet, there is an ever growing trend for television and movies that people can’t stay away from. Television shows in particular have really taught lessons and guided the path of some futures. I interviewed three different people to get their view of television and what their favorites are.
Andy Duncan, an Assistant Professor for the English Department, talked to me about his favorite childhood show of “Doctor Who.” It’s a British science fiction series that takes place in a hospital. “It’s relentlessly strange and very bizarre at times, but at others, it’s very poignant and not always just tongue and cheek” he stated. Mr. Duncan liked the show so much, he went on to write a passage along with his wifein a published book where the title of his passage was “Unsilent Library.” The piece was about Donna Noble, one of Doctor Who’s sidekicks who in his opinion, “got a raw deal.” He went on to state that Doctor Who had many female sidekicks on his show that were treated like students or interns and were all problematic.

Matthew Johnson, a Junior from Cumberland, Maryland said his favorite show is “Archer.” In his words, the show is a “modern parody of James Bond.” It’s absolutely hilarious” he stated. “It jives well with my sense of humor. It’s very dry and sarcastic, yet it is overly perverted at times as well.” Family Guy, The Simpsons, and Robot Chicken are some of his other preferred comedies. The Computer Science major said that “Archer is the perfect opposite of James Bond and the show has everything I love in a comedy.”

Michael Hayes, a senior from Washington D.C. and Mass Communication major stated his favorite show was The Cosby Show. He said it “showed African Americans in a different light than what society was use to.” He said he related to their story and it sent a positive message in every episode. “Watching them grow up as I grew up really impacted my life today” he said. Theo was the character that he understood with the most and viewed him as a brother figure. He also stated that he knows it helped other people who didn’t have family around. “They were part of all families and America brought them in.”